NSLComm has announced that the firm has secured their first customer—Israel Aerospace Industries.

The contract is for a feasibility study and the design of future antennas for geostationary communication satellites. This will include the Amos 8 and future missions. NSLComm is transforming satellite communications with a fabric-like expandable antenna that greatly increases satellite power and provides on orbit footprint control via an adaptive flexible sub-reflector.

The company demo'd their foldable antenna at booth 339 in Hall B during Satellite 2017. Their presentation revealed the potential to deploy incredible, small, inexpensive but powerful smallsats. A launch is planned to occur in early 2018.